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Turcus

Print
c. 1590 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tempesta, Antonio (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

'Turcus'; A horse (stallion), with a plaited forelock, viewed from the front at a slight angle. Against a landscape background of buildings on cliffs by the sea; Intaglio print on laid paper; Beneath the image: 'TURCUS acor campis contentus, obesus Sed pler umg (vt fertur) testibus orbus / Tergore per letos celeri pede fertur agellos Atg iuba tinctus fulgenti et murice cauda est'; Numbered '8' near the centre at the bottom of the image and in the lower-right corner of the impression; Numbered by hand, in ink, at the top-right corner of the sheet, '188'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Print
TitleTurcus
Materials and techniques
intaglio print on laid paper
Printing Ink
Laid Paper
Printing
Brief description
'Turcus'; A horse (stallion), viewed from the front at a slight angle. Against a landscape background of buildings on cliffs by the sea; With a testament about the horse written below the image; Intaglio print on laid paper after Antonio Tempesta. Italy, circa 1590.
Physical description
'Turcus'; A horse (stallion), with a plaited forelock, viewed from the front at a slight angle. Against a landscape background of buildings on cliffs by the sea; Intaglio print on laid paper; Beneath the image: 'TURCUS acor campis contentus, obesus Sed pler umg (vt fertur) testibus orbus / Tergore per letos celeri pede fertur agellos Atg iuba tinctus fulgenti et murice cauda est'; Numbered '8' near the centre at the bottom of the image and in the lower-right corner of the impression; Numbered by hand, in ink, at the top-right corner of the sheet, '188'.
Dimensions
  • Approx size of sheet height: 18.7cm
  • Approx size of sheet width: 25.7cm
  • Approx size of plate impression height: 13.9cm
  • Approx size of plate impression width: 16.6cm
Measured by DH 04/03/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
  • TURCUS acor campis contentus, obesus Sed pler umg (vt fertur) testibus orbus / Tergore per letos celeri pede fertur agellos Atg iuba tinctus fulgenti et murice cauda est (Below image, as part of plate impression.)
  • 8 (Numbered in the centre at the bottom of the image and in the lower-right corner of the impression.)
  • 188 (Numbered by hand, in ink, at the top-right corner of the sheet.)
Subjects depicted
Horse
Stallion
Cliffs
Sea
Landscape
Buildings
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • 8 - numbered on sheet
  • 188 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29638:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O954722/turcus-print-tempesta-antonio/
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